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AAFCO's ( American Animal Feed Control Org.)definitions:
Chicken By-Product Meal - consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.
Meat By-Products - the non rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low-temperature fatty tissue and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hooves.
Poultry By-Product Meal - consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices.
...Beneful
One of Beneful's foods is called "Healthy Harvest". Can you believe there is not one meat protein? They use soy as a source of protein, but what animal naturally takes in soy as a protein? This food is filled with corn and sugar (can you believe it? SUGAR). See this link for ingredients in this food.
...Science Diet
The foods we carry at Fins & Feathers are far superior to foods such as Science Diet. The proof is on the packaging! Compare the ingredients in any of the lines we carry (such as VeRUS, Acana, Orijen, or Precise) to the ingredients in lines such as Science Diet, Pedigree, or Iams, and see the difference for yourself! Want proof? Visit the link below to see exactly why your vet would recommend such a terrible food.
...Quarantine of saltwater fish
Most often when you walk into a pet store or saltwater speciality store, you're bound to see a sick fish or two if not more. Here at Fins and Feathers we quarantine for at least 7 days in a separate QT while preventatively treating every fish with copper and praziquantel. This ensures that the fish you buy from us are as healthy as can be. After the treatment and all fish are healthy, they are moved to a holding/display system where we have about 400 watts of UV light on the return line to the tanks as well as ozone injected into our skimmer. This ensures a virtually parasite and virus free environment. The problem other stores experience is cross contamination. This occurs when the fish appear to be healthy but are in fact carrying some sort of parasite and then moved into the main system. This can allow the parasite to reproduce in the main system and potentially infect other fish. So when you make your next fish purchase, don't be afraid to ask what the QT protocol are. If they can't tell you exactly what their procedure is then stop by and check out our fish!
....Algae in marine aquariums
Algae is not always a bad thing, sometimes it actually acts as a buffer against the build up of certain chemicals. Read this articleto get a basic understanding of the different types of algae.
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